Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-07
THE EAST.

THE EAST.
NEARLY all the strikers at the Fair
Chance coke works, near Uniontown, Pa,
have decided to return to work at the old
wages.
A STRIKE of laborers at Rochester n. Y,
ended in riot on the 9th. Non-union men
were maltreated and the police hurt with
stones.
COLLECTOR MAGoNE, of the port of New
York, has ordered that eighteen imported
French silk-weavers be sent back to France
under the act of Congress forbidding the
importation OF contract labor.
FIRE in New York City the other morning
destroyed Tobias News roofing paper fac
tory, causing $4,000 loss. Several female
employees had narrow escapes.
THIRTEEN of the rlotous street laborers of
Rochester, N. Y, have been arrested, and
all was reported quiet. They were all for
eigners.
The defense in the Sharp bribery trial in
New York City was concluded on the 2Sth
without any sensational features.
ACCORDING to announcement, the strik-
ing employees of the salt works at Natrona
Pa, were evicted from the company's
houses.
AN injunction has been obtained in New
York City to prevent the Richmond & Dan
vile road from paying dividend of three
per cent on its stock as ordered by the d.
ectors.
JOHN LAIDLAw and DR.. Robert N. Mills,
of Elmira, N. Y, have been arrested for
defrauding the National Pension Office of
$4,000 through blind man.
THE cotton mills at Meanwhile, r. l., have
shut down because of the strike of the
weavers.
LAFLIN & RAND's powder mill, Wayne,
N. j., exploded the other morning. Five
men were killed and several slightly in
jured
THE strike of street laborers of Roches-
ter, N. Y. ended in the defeat of the men.
MRS. MABEL BAYARD-KANE, widow of the
: late John j. Kane, a brother of the Arctic
explorer, and the sister of Secretary of
State Bayard, was married at St. Georges
Church, New York, recently, to Levi G..
Bird, one of the most prominent members
of the Delaware bar.
GOVERNOR BoDwELL, of Maine, has or
dered strict enforcement of the Prohibi-
tory law, abiding especially to the attempt
to sell liquor by imported packages under
revenue protection.
THE jury in the bribery case against
Jacob Sharp, of New York, returned YER
dict of guilty on the 29th with a recon-
mendation to mercy. Sentence was post
poned.
AT Lake Quinsigamond, Mass, recently
George Bubear, champion oarsman of Eng
three mile race for $500 a side. Bubears
time, 20:15; Ten Eyck was one second
later.
A CASH box containing 500, 600 worth of
deeds and valuable papers was found in a
hallway in Thompson street, New York,
the other night. The lid had been forced
open and the money tray cleaned out The
police were hunting for the owner-Joseph
Sweet, proprietor of Blocker street laun.
dry, who had vacated his shop.
CHACE RoARK, the West Shore express
robber, was sentenced to twenty years
hard labor at Utica, N Y, on the 3Oth.
THE Lasters' Union has given up its
struggle with the boot manufacturers OF
Worcester, Mass, and the struggle be.
tween them Is finally ended.
A SHOCK of earthquake was felt in North.
ern New Hampshire on the 3oth.
in the Cleveland canvass during the Presi-
Dental campaign of 1884 has been married
and lives with her husband, Albert Secord,
in New Rochelle, n. Y. During the cam
paign he was often mentioned as her uncle.
He was in fact, it is said. an uncle of her
former husband.
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA, which has been rag
ing in the upper part of West Chester
County, n. Y, has attacked the cattle at
Throgg's Neck. The State officials were
notified and strict quarantine established.
The infected animals were killed at once